Gas or electric cooking apparatus



April 22,1941. J. TELLER EIAL GAS OR ELECTRIC COOKING APPARATCS IOriginal Filed Oct. 20, 1934 III IIIIIIIIIIIII'IIIIIII c/acoJ Yller iff/kufdckalz Patented Apr. 22, 1941 v as or; Emcrarc COOKING arraaa'rnsJacob Teller, Chicago, 111., and Arthur 1. Schulz,

Michigan City, Ind ments, to G.

assignors, by mesne assign- & J. Teller, Chicago,

Ill., a partnership composed of Grace Teller and Jacob Teller Originalapplication Oct Divided and 28, 1937, SerialNo. 171,580

6 Claims. '(cl. 126- 41) This invention is a division of our applicationfor Gas or electric cooking apparatus, Serial No. 749,282,, filedOctober 20, 1934, now Patent No.

2,116,854,'May 10, 1938, and relates generally to cooking vesselsupports for gas or electric cooking ranges.

More specifically, the invention relates to cookingvessel supportsdisposed within the oven and broiler compartments of a cooking range andassociated with the range structure in such manner that they are readilycapable of being moved into and out of such compartments whereby greatlyfacilitating positioning and removing of the cookin vessels supportedthereby.

The supports in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the inventionare particularly adapted for movable connection with a'horizonober 20,1934, Serial No. this application October Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionalview taken on the broken line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

' Fig. 4 is a detail view illustrating the adjustable connection betweenthe broiler pan and the movable support therefor.

Fig. 5 is a detail view illustrating the adjustable connection betweenthe ovenrack and the movable support therefor. I

tal partition defining a low oven compartment and a broiler compartmentabove the oven compartment, the supports being movably connected withopposite horizontal faces of the partition and the oven and broilercompartments being closed by a single door as is fully-disclosed in theparent application above referred to.

A primary object of the invention is the provi-- sion of cooking vesselsupports movably connected with a cooking range structure for horizontalmovement into and out of compartments therein. l v

A further object of the invention is the provision of cooking vesselsupports movably associated with a partition .in a cooking range forhorizontal movement into and out of oven and broiler compartmentsseparated by the partition and which supports include novel means forvertically adjustably supporting the cooking vessels within the oven andbroiler compartments;

A still further object of the invention is the provision of cookingvessel supports of the character hereinbefore referred to which aresimple in construction, dependable in operation and which are capable ofmanufacture and assembly at relatively low cost.

With the above objects in view as well as others, that will becomeapparent in the course of the; following disclosure, reference will nowbe made to the accompanying drawing forming part of same, and whereinFig. 1 is a vertical section through a range,

substantially on the line i-'-I of Fig. 2 and dis-- closing a preferredembodiment of the cooking Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the range atright angles to the section shown in Figure 1. l

Referring now to the drawing by reference. characters, and wherein likecharacters designate like parts, R designates generally the stove orrange constructed as set forth in the parent application above referredto.

The stove or range R embodies the combined cooking and table-top Illandthe upright body portion ll supported by suitable legs i2. I

The body portion ii comprises side and rear insulated walls It and 14respectively, and a front downwardly swinging insulated door IS, thebody portion further including a horizontal insulated partition l8defining with the door and walls above referred to an upper broilercompartment B and a-low oven compartment 0.

The broiler compartment 13 is provided with a which is adaptable undercertain conditions for cooperation-with the guide. rollers 22 mountedupon the inner end of the arm 23 of a vertically movable broiler panpull-out" device 24 constructed and operative as set forth in the parentapplication above referred to.

The broiler pan 25 is provided upon one end thereof with a rigid bracket26 and the pan 25 is provided'with a pair of openings 21 whichdetachably receive of vertically disposed notched orrecessed portions 29formed in a pair of parallel vertical flanges 30, preferably integralwith the web of the bracket Ill.v The forward vertical face of thebracket 2'8 engages the vertical parallel edges of vessel supportsoperatively associated therewith.

flanges III for rigidly supporting the pan 25 in horizontal position inany vertically adjusted position on the bracket 20. I Obviously, the pan2! may be placed at the desired vertical elevation with respect to theburner n bysimply tilting the pan upwardly upon its support and thenlifting it off and then the books 28. of one of a series periphery lyingwithin the trackway, is an antifriction roller 34, which with therollers 33 permit the bar to'be moved into and out of the broilercompartment without frictional engagement with stationary parts of thestructure.

A very similar arrangement is employed for guiding and supporting anoven rack supporting device 35. Mounted upon the lower face of plate 36which is disposed slightly below partition I 6 and extending centrallythereof in the direction of the depth of the oven 0, is a channeltrackway 31. The oven rack supporting member comprises a T-sh'aped bar38 slidably disposed within the trackway 31 as is clearly shown in Fig.3.

The slide bar 38, at its rear end, is provided What we claim and desireto secure by-U. S. Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a range comprising a cooking compartment having adoor controlled open end, a cooking vessel support comprising ahorizontal channel trackway supported on the lower wall of saidcompartment and extending in the direction of the depth thereof, a barslidably supported in said trackway for movement into and out of saidcompartment, and a vertically disposed and forwardly extending membercarried by an end of said bar adjacent said open end and having avertical series of rearwardly disposed recesses and projections forremovably and adjustably supporting a cooking vessel.

2. The structure defined in claim 1, wherein I said vertically disposedmember comprises a pair with an anti-friction roller 39 while thetrackway 31 at its forward end is provided with a pair of anti-frictionrollers 40 for the purpose of allowing the bar to be easily moved intoand out of the oven compartment.

The slide bar 38 is provided at its rear end with a depending rigidif-shaped rack carrier 4! which is provided with a vertical series ofrecesses 42, each in the form of a bayonet slot for the purpose ofsupporting at the desired elevation within the ovenO one or more cookingutensil supporting racks 43.

Each rack at its rear is provided with downward extensions 44, which,when the rack is in any adjusted position on the depending carrier H,rests against the rear vertical flange a thereof and thereby braces therack so that it is rigidly maintained in horizontal position.

The bar 38 is preferably provided at its forvward end with a finger hold45, whereby it and the rack carrier and racks may be moved forwardly andout of the oven when the door I5 is open.

-" It may be readily appreciated from the foregoing disclosure that inaccordance with the pres ent invention novel cooking vessel supports areprovided in connection with a cooking range having superposed oven andbroiler compartments separated by a horizontal partition and whichcompartments are closed by a single door whereby, when the door isopened, the supports may readily be drawn forward out of thecompartments in which'position cooking vessels may be adjustably placedupon the supports which are thereafter moved rearwardly into thecompartments preparatory to closing the door.

While we have disclosed but a singlespecific embodiment of ourinvention, same is to beconsidered as illustrative only, andnotrestrictive, since the scope of the invention is defined in thesubioined claims.

of parallel spaced plates, and wherein said recesses and projections arearranged in horizontally disposed pairs in both of said plates formaintaining the cooking-vessel in horizontal position.

3. In combination, a horizontally movable bar, a bracket rigid with oneend of said bar and having a pair of spaced vertically disposed parallelflanges, vertically spaced hooks on said flanges with those on oneflange in horizontal alinement with those on the other flange, a broilerpan having a pair ofopenings adjacent the front margin thereof forremovably receiving any two horizontally alined hooks on said flanges,and a forwardly extending bracket rigid with said pan below the pair ofopenings and having a face for engaging the edges of said flanges formaintain ing the pan in horizontal position.-

4. In a cooking range comprising a broiler compartment having an openingin the front end thereof closable by a door: a broiler pan supportslidably disposed within the broiler compartment, and means on thesupport adjacent said door for vertically adjusting and removablysupporting a broiler pan.

' engaging the front end of a broiler pan within said compartment.

' 6. In combination with a range comprising a cooking comp rtment havinga door'controlled openend, a cooking vessel support comprising ahorizontal channel trackway supported on the lower wall of saidcompartment and. extending in the direction of the depth thereof, a bar'slidably supported in said trackway for movement into and out of saidcompartment, and a vertically disposed forwardly extending web at thefront end of said bar, said web being formed on its rear edge-with avertical series of pan supporting recesses, and on its front edge withan upwardly curved arcuate T-flanged door-member engaging portion. gJACOB 'I'ETLER.

ARTHUR P. SCHULZ.

